The critically-acclaimed but low-rated ABC comedy series Cougar Town has been renewed for a fourth season, but it won’t be returning to ABC. The comedy will instead premiere its fourth season on TBS:

Cougar Town, the acclaimed sitcom starring Golden Globe® nominee Courteney Cox, is moving to TBS. The top-rated network has ordered a fourth season of Cougar Town, to begin airing in early 2013. In addition, TBS has garnered the encore rights to Cougar Town’s first three seasons of 61 episodes that originally aired on ABC.

“Cougar Town is a smart, whimsical sitcom that draws its humor from likable, relatable characters” said Michael Wright, president, head of programming for TBS, TNT and Turner Classic Movies (TCM). “We are thrilled to have Cougar Town moving to the TBS neighborhood as the network continues to expand its slate of original comedy series.”

Notably absent from ABC’s midseason schedule released earlier today was the Courteney Cox comedy Cougar Town, but Deadline reports that the comedy will return with its third season in March. However, due to the late start, the upcoming season’s episode order has been cut down from 22 episodes to 15.